Commonwealth · Governor’s Council
Paul M. DePalo
Governor's Council, 7th District
The Governor’s Council confirms the governor’s judicial nominations, including clerk-magistrates, acts on pardons and commutations, and approves the warrants for the state’s payments.
Democrat · Took office in 2021.
Campaign money in
Paul M. DePalo’s committee reported $43,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years in office, 2021–2026.
| Year | Contributions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | $8,400 |
| 2023 | $400 |
| 2024 | $15,000 |
| 2025 | $12,000 |
| 2026 | $5,100 |
| Kind | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals | $38,000 | 87% |
| Political committees and PACs | $3,750 | 9% |
| Unions and associations | $1,750 | 4% |
| Employer reported | Share |
|---|---|
| A named employer | 32% |
| Self-employed | 37% |
| Retired | 12% |
| Not employed | 8% |
| Homemaker or at home | 5% |
| Not reported or withheld | 7% |
Not counted as contributions: $977 in other receipts of $250 or more in the same years (candidate loans and the candidate’s own money, transfers, refunds, bank interest and aggregated small receipts).
The same committee also reported $52,000 in years before taking this office (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020), for example while running for another office. Those receipts are not in the totals above.
| Organization | Kind | Total | Contributions | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARPENTERS LOCAL 336 PAC | union or association | $750 | 2 | 2021, 2024 |
| JIM MCGOVERN MA PAC | committee or PAC | $650 | 2 | 2022, 2024 |
| MASSACHUSETTS & NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND LABORER'S DISTRICT COUNCIL | union or association | $500 | 1 | 2022 |
| MA & NO NEW ENGLAND LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POLITICAL LEAGUE | committee or PAC | $500 | 1 | 2024 |
| NORTH ATLANTIC STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS PAC | committee or PAC | $500 | 1 | 2024 |
| VOTER EDUCATION FUND LOCAL 170 DRIVE POL ACTION COMM | committee or PAC | $500 | 1 | 2024 |
| UBC & JA LOCAL 336 | union or association | $500 | 1 | 2024 |
| MA & NORTHERN NE LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POL ACTION COMM | committee or PAC | $500 | 1 | 2025 |
| STERLING DEMOCRATIC TOWN CMTE | committee or PAC | $350 | 1 | 2026 |
| SEIU 509 COPE | committee or PAC | $250 | 1 | 2024 |
| SHREWSBURY DEMTC | committee or PAC | $250 | 1 | 2024 |
| WESTBOROUGH DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE | committee or PAC | $250 | 1 | 2024 |
Individual contributors are not named here. Their itemized contributions are public at the Office of Campaign and Political Finance: Paul M. DePalo (CPF 16853).
Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Paul M. DePalo (CPF 16853). Individuals are grouped by the employer they reported; no individual contributor is named, and an employer field that is a person’s name is withheld. Massachusetts bars business contributions to candidates. Employer shows affiliation, not instruction.
Sources
Every figure traces to a public record.
- Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, constitutional officers
- Governor’s Council, councillors
Officeholders only: candidates who do not hold the office are not covered. Money spent by others, including independent-expenditure PACs and party committees, is not in these totals.